cz-epg

Auto-updating XMLTV EPG (electronic program guide) for a set of Czech TV channels, built for use as a Jellyfin Live TV guide provider.

The guide is regenerated daily via GitHub Actions from iptv-org/epg (source: m.tv.sms.cz), so the URL below always serves fresh data — 7 days ahead, ~4000+ programmes.

Guide URL

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hupcus/cz-epg/main/guide.xml

Use in Jellyfin

Dashboard → Live TV → TV Guide Data Providers → Add → XMLTV → paste the URL above → Save. Then enable this guide provider on your M3U tuner. Channels pair automatically because the M3U tvg-id values match the channel id values in this guide.

Channels

cz.channels.xml defines the lineup (ČT1/2/24/:D/art, Prima family, Barrandov Krimi, Disney, History, Minimax, Nicktoons, Seznam TV). ČT :D and ČT art are merged into one channel (CTDecko.cz@SD) by postprocess-epg.js, because they share one physical channel in the playlist (Déčko daytime, art in the evening).

Notes / fixes baked into the workflow

• NODE_OPTIONS=--tls-cipher-list=DEFAULT@SECLEVEL=0 — m.tv.sms.cz uses a weak Diffie-Hellman key and an old certificate signature that modern Node/OpenSSL rejects. Scoped to the grab process only (fetches a public TV schedule; no credentials).
• The m.tv.sms.cz site config is patched at build time to load the dayjs customParseFormat plugin (otherwise time parsing throws Invalid time value).

Manual run

Actions tab → Update EPG → Run workflow.